Cutting and counting machine.



W. H. PHILLIPS. GETTING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JAILS. 1914. 1, 1 06,968. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM H. PHILLIPS, or NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHI E, ssrenonl r0 ,NASHUA CARDGUMMED & COATED PAPER COMPANY, or NAsnnA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A coEron'A-TION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CUTTING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 11, 1914.

Application filed January 8, 1914. .Serial No. 810,999,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM II. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Nashua, in the county of Hillsboro and State of NewHampshire, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuttingand Counting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for cutting sheet material, such aspaper, into sheets, and the object of the invention is to provide meanswhereby slips which are usually relatively narrow, may be inserted orintroduced at intervals, so that when the sheets that are being cut bythe machine are deposited in a pile, the said slips will serve asmarkers at predetermined intervals in the pile, said markers practicallyproviding counters, because whenever it is desired to know the number ofsheets in the pile, it is only necessary to multiply the number ofmarking slips showing at the edge of the pile, by the known number ofsheets between said marker slips.

The invention consists in the improvements which I shall now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wellknown type of paper-cutting machine, having my improvements attached to,or combined therewith. Fig. 2 represents a detail section on line 2-4 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation looking to the right in Fig. 1.Fig. 4: represents a section on line 1t of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to a portion of Fig. 1, on a larger scale. Fig. 6 is a detailview looking from the left in Fig. 1, showing the controlling cam andchangeable gearing which may be employed. Fig. 7 is a plan view of alength of material with marker slips applied thereto, said figure beingemployed to illustrate the operation of the machine.

Similar reference charactersindicate similar or the same parts in. allof the figures,

In Fig. 1, the cutting-maohine illustrated is the well-known Dillonpaper-cutter, the same having been chosen to illustrate my invention. Itis to be understood, of course, that I do not limit myself to theparticular type or make of machine for cutting one or more webs ofmaterial, such as paper, into sheets. To facilitate the understanding oftion of this machine, it is customary to feed through the machine quitea number of superimposed webs so that'the cutter will simultaneously cuttheplurality of sheets at. one stroke or operation. For present purposesof explanation, I indicatefive superlmposed webs passing through themachine,

1a ll.of them being indicated by the single lme a 1n F g. 1, fourof themleading in, as

indicated bydotted lines a, in Figs. 1 and 4,

the 5th web leading in, as indicated at (F, the reason of thisseparation of one web from the others being explained hereinafter.

lie to be understood,- ofcourse, that the number of webs leading in, ata, might be anywhere from one to ten or more. The combined orsuperimposed webs of paper pass between a feed-roll 12 and drum 13, thelat ter being mountedupon a shaft 14, the webs then passmg over thestationary cutting member 15, with which a rotary cutting member 16carried by a shaft 17 cooperates to sever the plurality of webs intosheets, depositing the latter upon a delivery apron 18, under a pressingor guide-roll 19, if desired. From the apron 1 8, the cut sheets mightpass directly to-a table, but it is customary in the use of thismachine, to have an attendant who grasps the little pile of sheets assupplied by the machine, and squares them up on a suitable stationarytable, not shown. It will now be understood that if any distinguishingmaterial, such as a strip of paper, is fed along and cut at the sametime, the ends of the several strips of paper will indicate the numberof sheets as they are piled.- If, as indicated in the drawings, thereare five superimposed sheets, then a strip fed through continuously withthe webs and cut therewith,,would mark divisions of five in the pile,.sothat a pile exhibiting 100 marking slips would mean that there were 500sheets in the pile. I prefer that the marking strips shall be fed in,however, intermittently. For instance, if the marking strips aresupplied or fed in once for each two operations of the cutter 15, 16,

' of sheets into which the deposited pileis to be later out. It mayproperly be explained here that it is a-common practice to employ theDillon cutter, or cutter of similar character, to cut webs of paper intolarge sheets which are deposited in a pile, the width of the sheetsbeing of course, the same as the width of the original web, the pile ofsheets being then transferred to another type of cutter which severs thepile into any number of'smaller sheets by cutting the pile bothlongitudinally and transversely.

Standards or brackets 23 supported by the frame of the machine, havevertical ways for the journal boxes of supplemental feed-rolls 24, 25,which are suitably geared to rotate in unison, and driven by suitablegearing. These rolls are not relied upon to feed the wide paper or thewebs, being employed only to feed in the marker strips 5. Screws 26connected to the journal boxes of the upper roll 25, pass through crosspieces of the standards 23 and have set nuts 27 supported by said crosspieces. By means of these screws the vertical position of the upperfeed-roll 25 may be adjusted, according to the number or thickness ofthe superimposed webs of paper that are to be cut. The journal boxes orbearing blocks 28 of the lower roll 24 are mounted to slide verticallyin the ways provided in the brackets 23, the vertical position of thislower roll 24 being con trolled by-levers 29 (Fig. 4) pivoted at 30,

and having shoulders 31, engaging the under sides of the bearing blocks28. There is one of these levers 29 for each block 28. The levers areoscillated, so that the shoulders 31 will raise and lower the roll 24,by pitmen 32 mounted upon eccentrics 33 carried by an oscillating shaft34. The mechanism for oscillating this shaft 34 I shall describepresently.

It will now be understood that whenever the shaft 34 is actuated tocause the pitmen 32 to raise the lower roll 24, high enough to grip thesuperimposed webs of paper passing between them, the strips owhich leadin, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, will also be gripped, sothat said strips will be fed forwardly with the webs a. The strips 6after passing between the rolls 24, 25, pass through an independentguide, which I shall presently-describe, to a cutter. The reason whyone'web leads in at a different point, as

indicated at a in Fig. 1, is that the strip or strips 5, after leavingthe cutter presently described, will be carried in between two of thewebs of paper. A cross-bar (Figs. 2, 4, and 5) has a rearwardlyextending flange provided with a pivoted extension shelf 37, the freeedge of which rests upon the surface of roll 24, which is usually ofsteel. Above the flange 36 is a plate 38 to which is secured the fixedknife member or members 39. The marker strips are guided through thenarrow throat illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, below the knife member 39.Preferably, there are two or more pairs of knife members 39, 40, becausethere are usually two or more marker strips 5 employed.

A description of one cutting mechanism will apply to all. Eachreciprocating knife member 40 has at one end a projection or toe 41which extends upwardly far enough so as to never pass below the frontedge of knife member 39. Each knife member 40 is connected to avertically reciprocating knife-bar 42, by means of attaching bolts 43.Each knife member 40 is pressed toward a knife member 39 by a spring orsprings 44, mounted in recesses in the bar 42. To adjust the amount ofpressure which the knife 40 may have against the knife member 39, Iemploy bolts 45 passing through the knife 40 and the bar 42 and havingan adjusting nut 46. The bar 42 has bolts or pins 47 extending throughvertical slots in the bar 35, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. sothat the said bar 42 is guided in its vertical movements. The ends ofthe bar 42 have arms or links 48, pivotally connected at 49 tothe levers29. It will now be understood that whenever the shaft 34 is rocked in adirection to cause the pitmen 32 to raise the lower feed-roll 24, theknife-bar 42 is lowered to a position so that marker-strips can be fedpast the knife or knives 40. Simultaneously with the lowering of roll24, and the consequent stoppage of feed of the marker-strips, the knifeor knives 40 will. rise and sever the strip or strips, and no furtherfeeding of the marker-strips will occur until the lower roll. 24 isagain raised. The shaft 34 has an arm. 50 connected by a link 51 with alever 52 (see dotted lines, The shaft 34 has an arm 50 connected by alink 54 with an arm 55 of a rock-shaft 56 (Fig. 6) mounted in the frame10. Another arm 57 of the rock-shaft 56 carries a roll 58 which is actedupon by a cam 59 carried by a gear 60. A gear 61 on the cutter-shaft 17actuates the gear 60 on cam 59 through an intermediate gear 62 mountedupon a stud shaft 63 adjustably carried by an arm 65 having a slot 64,said arm being pivoted so that it can be adjusted relatively to the axisof gear 60. The arm 55 has an arc slot (36 through which a pin 67projects from the frame, a securing nut 68 enabling the arm 65 to beheld in any position to which it may be shifted. This arm 65 and itsadjustment is provided for the purpose of enabling gearing of differentrelative size to be employed, as presently described.

With the gearing as illustrated in Fig. 1,

which is a 2 to 1 gearing, the abrupt side of the cam 59 engages theroll 58 once for each two rotations of the shaft 17 and the cutter 16.Therefore, the cutter 16 will sever two sets of five sheets each fromthe five webs, for each movement of the feed-roll 24, the cam 59 actingthrough the rock-shaft and its arms described, the link 54:, lever 52,link 51, rock-shaft 34E, eccentrics 38, and pitmen 32. This, of course,will cause the marking strips 6 to be inserted at intervals, such asindicated in Fig. 7, which figure indicates the positions of themarkers, if the webs were not cut at all. This Fig. 7, more over,represents the markers 7) as on top of the sheet material, but inpractice, as has been explained, the markers would be in between twowebs. Then when the webs are cut on the dotted lines indicated in Fig.7, and it being assumed that there are five sheets in each rectangleindicated in Fig. 7, then the markers 7) will indicate each tenth sheetof a pile that is being delivered by the whole machine. By substitutingfor the gear 61, other gears of difi'erent sizes, and adjusting the arm65 which carries the intermediate gear 62 accordingly, the operation ofthe marker-strip feeding-roll 241, can be varied, as for instance, forthe purpose of inserting or introducing marker-strips for each third orfourth operation of the cutters 15, 16. It will thus be seen that I haveprovided means for inserting markers at predetermined intervals,relatively to the material being cut, whereby a pile of sheets may beformed with interlaid markers, and that said means may be varied so thatthe markers will occur in the final pile at almost any desiredintervals, relatively to the number of sheets in the pile, the variationbeing con-- trolled either by changing the gearing, as described, or byvarying the number of webs that are being sent through the machine.

I claim:

1. In a cutting-machine of the character described, sheet-countingmechanism com prising means for inserting markers at predeterminedintervals relatively to the material being cut, whereby a pile of sheetsmay be formed with interlaid markers.

2. In a cuttingmachine of the character described, sheet-countingmechanism comprising means for inserting markers at pre determinedintervals relatively to the material being out, whereby a pile of sheetsmay be formed with interlaid markers, means being provided whereby theintervals between the markers may be varied.

3. The combination with a cutting-machine of means for inserting markersat pre determined intervals relatively to the mate rial being cut,whereby a pile of sheets may be formed with interlaid markers.

4. The combination with a cutting-machine of means for inserting markersat predetermined intervals relatively to the mate- ;rial being cut,whereby a pile of sheets may be formed with interlaid markers, the saidmeans comprising an intermittently operated strip feeder and cutter.

5 The combination with a cutting-machine adapted to simultaneouslyoperate on a plurality of webs, of a marker-strip feeder located inposition to insert markers between two of said webs.

6. The combination with a cutting-ma chine adapted to simultaneouslyoperate on a plurality of webs, of a marker-strip feeder located inposition to insert markers between two of said webs, means beingprovided for severing the markers before the webs reach their cutters.

7. The combination with a cutting-machine of a guide for webs ofmaterial to be cut, an independent guide for marker-strips, and a cutterfor severing the marker-strips independently of the webs.

8. The combination with a cutting-machine of means for inserting markersat predetermined intervals relatively to the mate rial being cut, saidmeans comprising a pair of feed-rolls, and means for intermittentlyvarying the space between said feed-rolls whereby the markers will beintermittently advanced.

9. The combination with a cuttingmachine, of a pair of feed-rolls formarkerstrips, one of said rolls being adjustable to different operativepositions, and the other roll being movable toward and from it, meansfor intermittently shifting the movable roll to cause the marker-stripsto be fed, or to remain inactive, and a cutter for severing themarker-strips after they pass between the rolls.

10. The combination with a cutting-ma chine, of a pair of feed-rolls formarkerstrips, one of said rolls being adjustable to difierent operativepositions, and the other roll being movable toward and from it, meansfor intermittently shifting the movable roll to cause the marker-stripsto be fed, or to remain inactive, and a cutter for severing themarker-strips after they pass between the rolls, saidcutter comprising afixed member and a reciprocating member having a projecting portionpermanently overlying the edge of the fixed member.

11. The combination with a cutting-machine, of a pair of feed-rolls formarkerstrips, one of said rolls being adjustable to different operativepositions, and the other roll being movable toward and from it,

intermittently operative feed-rolls for said marker-strips, and aplurality of cutters corresponding with the number of marker-strip reelsmeans being provided for rendering the cutter and feed-rolls alternatelyoperative.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

W. H. PHILLIPS.

WVitnesses:

W. L. CARTER, E. S. GAGE.

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Washington; D. G.

